Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, is known as the "City of Statues". There are over 50 statues in the city, depicting a wide range of people, from historical figures to cultural icons. The statues are found in all parts of the city, from public parks to busy streets.
The oldest statue in Thiruvananthapuram is the statue of T Madhava Rao, which was erected in 1894. The statue is located in the heart of the city, near the Secretariat. Other notable statues in the city include the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the statue of Sree Narayana Guru.
Number StatueImage Sculptor LocationNotes Coordinates 1 MN Govindan Nair Pattom 2 Subhash Chandra Bose 3 Subhash Chandra Bose PMG 4 R Shanker Fine Arts College Memoriam of Men of The Indian Army Fine Arts College 5 M. Visvesvaraya The Institution of Engineers 6 C Kesavan Museum PS 7 Chithira Thirunal Devaswom Board Jn. 8 K Karunakaran Kanakakkunnu 9 Swami Vivekananda Kowdiar Park 10 Accamma Cheriyan Accamma Cheriyan Park, Keston Road 11 Vayalar Ramavarma Manaveeyam Road 12 G. Devarajan Manaveeyam Road, Althara Junction 13 Ayyankali Vellayambalam 1980, Inaguraged by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 14 KPP Nambiar KELTRON Campus, Vellayambalam 15 P Bhaskaran Manaveeyam Road, Althara Junction 16 Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer State Central Library 17 Rabindranath Tagore Fine Arts College Campus 18 Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai Palayam 19 Sree Narayana Guru SN Park, Opposite Museum Police Station 20 Kesari A Balakrishna Pillai Pulimoodu Junction 21 Dhanwanthari Ayurveda College 22 Rajiv Gandhi Chenkalchoola 23 TM Varghese Kesavadasapuram roundabout 24 Chithira Thirunal Kerala University Campus 25 T Madhava Rao Statue Junction 1894, Inaugurated by Keralavarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran. 26 Veluthampi Dalawa Secretariat Campus 27 Mahathma Gandhi Gandhi Park, Kizhakkekotta 28 Sethu Parvathi Bhai (Removed) Installed in ME 1117 Thulam 6 29 Ponnara Sreedhar Infront of Railwaystation, Thampanoor 30 Kumaranasan Ashan Square, Infront of Kerala University, Palayam 31 Mahathma Gandhi Niyamasabha 32 BR. Ambedkar Niyamasabha 33 Jawaharlal Nehru Niyamasabha 34 EMS Namboothiripad EMS Park, Niyamasabha 35 AK. Gopalan AKG Park, Pottakkuzhy 36 Dr. Palpu Pettah 37 Annie Mascrene Annie Mascrene square, Infront of Women's College, Vazhuthakkadu 38 AR Rajaraja varma University College campus 39 Lal Bahadur Sastri Panavila Junction 40 Colachel Victory Warrior Pangode Military Station Unveiled in 2023 July by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan
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